SB 6.16.12 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच इत्युदीर्य गतो जीवो ज्ञातयस्तस्य ते तदा । विस्मिता मुमुचु: शोकं छित्त्वात्मस्‍नेहश‍ृङ्खलाम् ॥ १२ ॥

Verse text

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca ity udīrya gato jīvo jṣātayas tasya te tadā vismitā mumucuḥ śokaṁ chittvātma-sneha-śṛṅkhalām

Synonyms

śrī — bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; iti — in this way ; udīrya — speaking ; gataḥ — went ; jīvaḥ — the living entity (who had appeared as the son of Mahārāja Citraketu) ; jṣātayaḥ — the relatives and family members ; tasya — of him ; te — they ; tadā — at that time ; vismitāḥ — being astonished ; mumucuḥ — gave up ; śokam — lamentation ; chittvā — cutting off ; ātma — sneha — of affection due to a relationship ; śṛṅkhalām — the iron shackles .

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When the conditioned soul [jīva] in the form of Mahārāja Citraketu’s son had spoken in this way and then left, Citraketu and the other relatives of the dead son were all astonished. Thus they cut off the shackles of their affection, which was due to their relationship with him, and gave up their lamentation.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When that jīva had spoken in this way and then left, Citraketu and the other relatives, astonished by his words, cut off the shackles of their affection for him and gave up their lamentation.